Ecommerce Brief

ECOMMERCE BRIEF

Newsletter for Busy Ecommerce Sellers

5 Things Every Online Seller Needs to Backup, Why and How

In today’s digital world, online sellers face numerous challenges that can disrupt their business. It is essential for these entrepreneurs to have a regular backup strategy in place to safeguard their valuable data and ensure business continuity. Learn how to protect your online business from potential data loss and the detrimental effects it can have on your operations...

How to Get Better Shipping Rates with Shipstation: 3-min Video

Don’t be like me ?‍♀️ and do your homework on how much you pay for shipping with Shipstation.   Check this setting in Shipstation to make sure you are getting the best rates for your (Merchant Fulfilled and hazmat) Amazon packages 3-min video explanation:  ...

Whether You Can Afford the Tools by Carlos Alvarez

Please note that the transcription below is automated and may contain errors. Please listen to the audio episode for correct text. Hey, what’s up? This is Carlos from Bluebird Marketing Solutions and the Wizards of Amazon and my tip for you today is has to do with tools and how you decide whether you can afford that tool...

Online Grocery Shopping

Here is some insighful data about consumers and online grocery shopping. Coresight Research released its “US Online Grocery Survey 2019”, finding that 36.8 % of United States consumers bought groceries online over the year, which is a jump of 23.1 percent from 2018 survey. This is an increase of roughly 35 million more consumers buying groceries online. When...

Where to Get Free Shipping Supplies

Did you know that you can get shipping supplies for free? The tip I am about to share with you will be especially helpful to small size businesses. Not many ecommerce entrepreneurs know that many shipping supplies like envelopes, boxes, shipping labels and packing materials you can get for free. Let’s start with USPS who offers free Priority...

Online Spending: Show Me the Money

Online spending represented 16.0% of total retail sales for the year, according to the United States Commerce Department retail data. Amazon.com accounted for more than 1/3 of all ecommerce in the United States.Consumers spent $601.75 billion online with U.S. merchants in 2019, up 14.9% from $523.64 billion the prior year. That was a higher growth rate than 2018...

How to Establish Wholesale Accounts by Ramon Gonzales

Hello my name is Ramon Gonzalez, and I’m an amazon seller who has been selling since 2015. the main business model I follow is the wholesale model. For those of you that dont know what the wholesale model is, I essentially buy branded products at wholesale prices, and I sell in Amazon at retail prices. Think buying Barbies...

Facebook Messenger Stats for Ecommerce Sellers

Here are some interesting stats about Facebook messengers and why Ecommerce sellers need to pay close attention to them. Did you know that Facebook is the most popular mobile app? Well, do you know what is the second most popular app? Facebook messenger. There are 1.3 billion people / month who are actively using their Facebook Messenger. Facebook...

Why Offering Free Shipping is So Important

Hi, this is Galyna Parker from Ecommerce Brief and this is my expert tip. Did you know that Free shipping is one of the most important conversion factors for online shoppers? It has been proven by multiple studies that look at the bvehaviour of online shoppers. Product price in general is the main conversion factor for the majority...